Stewart Title Relocates to Mission Valley Heights

SAN DIEGO, CA-One year after signing a $3-million, five-year lease for a build-to-suit facility in the Mission Valley Heights master-planned business park, the San Diego division of Stewart Title of California Inc. has moved into its new headquarters building. Located at 7675 Mission Valley Rd. in Mission Valley, the build-to-suit facility encompasses 26,000 sf and stands two stories high. It is larger than Stewart Title’s previous San Diego office at 3111 Camino del Rio North in Mission Valley, which housed 112 employees. The new building will increase the firm’s office size by one-third, according to Stewart Title’s San Diego division president Loretta Granger-Medrano. She says the extra space will allow her firm to “efficiently manage our expected growth.”Designed by Sillman Wright Architects and built by Ledcor/Petty, Stewart Title’s new facility features reflective glass, outdoor eating areas, flexible floor plates and fiber-optics access. It stands on lot 3 of the business park. Stewart Title has actually occupied its new space one month earlier than anticipated, Granger-Medrano notes. The build-to-suit went very smoothly, according to Kevin Hill, vice president of leasing with H.G. Fenton Co., which owns Mission Valley Heights. “Both sides worked very well together and I don’t think there were any problems at all,” he tells GlobeSt.com.The newest occupant of Mission Valley Heights is exactly the type of tenant that H. G. Fenton looks to attract to its properties, as Hill explains. “In constructing this facility, we built a quality building for truly a quality San Diego tenant,” he tells GlobeSt.com. Stewart Title has joined a roster that includes Quest Diagnostics, the Art Institute of California, Titan Systems, Ikon Office Solutions, UCSD Tissue Bank, and Mission Valley Outpatient Surgery Center. H.G. Fenton is also headquartered in the business park, which encompasses approximately 1 million sf. “We’ve had great success in our project here in Mission Valley Heights,” Hill says, adding that the only remaining parcel in the park is lot 24. That parcel is the site of two speculative buildings that are currently under construction and slated for completion by the end of the year. At build-out, they will contain 74,000 sf combined of office and R&D space.